almotamar.net - The Yemeni-Saudi Technical Joint Committee affirmed at the end of its meetings in Sana'a Wednesday the necessity of facilitating trade exchange and simplifying procedures related to importation and exportation between the two countries.

The committee also called for supplying customs inlets with modern methods in order to facilitate the flow of goods between the two countries. The two sides also agreed to exchange information on what interferes in trade exchange of the two countries through immediate coordination among the concerned authorities of the two countries.

On the other hand the technical committee demanded the encouragement of the two countries' businessmen to benefit from mechanisms of financing available for them by the Saudi Fund and the Islamic Bank for Development.

The two sides also agreed to hold the first meeting of Business Council in the next session of the Council in March 2008 in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.

Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.

Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.